Compassing the Vaste Globe of the Earth: Studies in the History of the Hakluyt Society 1846-1996 with Listing of Hakluyt Society Publications 1847-1995. Edited by R. C. BRIDGES, P. E. H. HAIR 1996. pp. xi + 336. 30 plates. ISBN 0 904180 44 1
Compassing the Vaste Globe of the Earth: Studies in the History of the Hakluyt Society 1846-1996 with Listing of Hakluyt Society Publications 1847-1995.
Edited by
R. C. BRIDGES, P. E. H. HAIR
1996. pp. xi + 336. 30 plates. ISBN 0 904180 44 1
A special volume of essays to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Society, with a full listing and index of Hakluyt Society publications 1847-1995. Containing: P.E.H. Hair, ‘The Hakluyt Society: from Past to Future’; R.C. Bridges, ‘William Desborough Cooley and the Foundation of the Hakluyt Society’; Tony Campbell, ‘R.H. Major and the British Museum’; R.J. Bingle, ‘Henry Yule: India and Cathay’; Ann Savours, ‘Clements Markham: longest serving Officer, most prolific Editor’; C.F. Beckingham, ‘William Foster and the Records of the India Office’; D.B. Quinn, ‘R.A. Skelton of the Map Room’; Michael Strachan, ‘Esmond S. de Beer: Scholar and Benefactor’; and R.C. Bridges and P.E.H. Hair, ‘The Hakluyt Society and World History’.
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